PRESTO - Predictability of the variable solar-terrestrial coupling - The new SCOSTEP's scientific program in 2020-2024
Abstract
SCOSTEP, the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics, is one of the thematic organizations of the International Science Council (ISC). SCOSTEP runs international interdisciplinary scientific programs of solar terrestrial physics since 1966. PRESTO (Predictability of the variable Solar-Terrestrial Coupling) is the 5-year SCOSTEP program from 2020-2024. The mission of PRESTO is to identify the predictability of the variable solar-terrestrial coupled system through modeling, measurements, and data analysis and to strengthen the communication between scientists and users. PRESTO will particularly address the predictability of 1) space weather on timescales from seconds to days and months, including processes at the Sun, in the heliosphere and in the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere, as well as 2) sub-seasonal to decadal and centennial variability of the Sun-Earth system, with a special focus on climate impacts and a link to the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Grand Challenge Near-Term Climate Predictions as well as the IPCC. The PRESTO program was defined through the SCOSTEP's next scientific program (NSP) committee, chaired by Ioannis Daglis of Greece. Details of the PRESTO is available at Taikong (ISSI-BJ Magazine, No. 13 June 2019, http://www.issibj.ac.cn/Publications/Forum\_Reports/201404/W020190620592906717714.pdf. The PRESTO program has three Pillars, i.e., Pillar 1: Sun, interplanetary space and geospace, Pillar 2: Space weather and the Earth's atmosphere, and Pillar 3: Solar activity and its influence on the climate of the Earth System. Scientists from all over the world will participate in the PRESTO program to understand space weather and solar effects on climate.
- Publication:
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021cosp...43E.656S